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Changing file association

Changing file association

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Changing file association

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- File association is the magic by which you can open a file in a specific program. For example, in this folder, you see text files, and there's a bunch of them. These files are associated with a specific program, Notepad in this case. When I open a file icon, double-click, the program automatically starts Notepad, loading the given file. This is the expected behavior, but it may not be what you always want. For example, suppose I want to use another program, the Vim editor, to edit text files. Here's how I would make this change. Right-click on any text file and choose the Open With command. As you can see, Notepad is up here at the top of the list, it's the default program, but I want to choose another app. Here you select an app already installed on the computer, or you can visit the Microsoft Store. I'll choose More Apps, and in the list, I'm going to choose the Vim editor. Because I want this program to open all…

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